Do you become psychotic very quickly, or is it a more gradual process? I've been delusional in the past, but I can't remember if it all happened at once or if it was a gradual process...I ask because lately I've been having some minor symptoms that are gradually worsening. (mild hallucinations, like seeing words change color and seeing shadows of people hiding in bushes, thinking I have powers like invisibility and precognition, intense dissociation (feeling like everything is a dream/not real), preoccupation with time and whether the past is less real than the present, and I believe in alternate realities).

Should I call my pdoc and ask for more zyprexa? I really don't want to take anymore due to weight gain, but the last time I got like this I was sent home from Italy for being suicidal/delusional, which could have been prevented if I took more zyprexa. Does it sound to you like I'm losing my grip on reality?

There are little signs that I don't really notice for either a day or two, sometimes even just for a few hours. Then WHAM. It smacks me & I have no idea where it came from... Not until later, at least!

I'd up your dose temporarily just to be safe. Would suck for a preventable setback to send you back home!!

It just sneaks up on me and starts happening. Music plays, pictures start moving, things talk that can't talk... all of that. I'm supposedly Bipolar 1, but my dr wrote Schizoaffective last time when i checked out, so we'll see. I don't feel like bipolar catches everything even though I do have mania and depression.

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